Taravella, Springs Upset Winners

BOYS' SOCCER

February 28, 1998|Staff reports

COCONUT CREEK — A pair of upsets in the boys' District 10-6A soccer tournament sent the top two seeds packing.

Fernando Manitto scored on free kick with less than a minute remaining to give Coral Springs a 3-2 victory over top-seed Piper. The Colts Mookie Briscoe tied the game with six minutes left. Taravella beat Cocout Creek 1-0 on a Robbie Fennell goal.

Taravella (15-5-4) and Coral Springs will play for the district championship Tuesday at 8 p.m. at Coconut Creek High.

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District 12-6A

Western 2, Flanagan 1: Chris Solar scored the winning goal in sudden death overtime on an assist from Joe Kamrd to lead the Wildcats to the district championship.

Western (13-5-3) advances to host Friday's regional quarterfinal at 7 p.m. against either Cape Coral Mariner or Naples Barron Collier.

The Wildcats' Brad Kirchenbaum opened the scoring with an unassisted goal 10 minutes into the game. Osvaldo Vasquez scored for Flanagan.

District 16-5A

Hallandale 4, Hollywood Hills 2: Wesley Lousisaint led Hallandale with a hat trick in a District 16-5A semifinal.

The Chargers (17-2-1) scored three goals in the second half, with two from Louissaint and one from Ezequiel Romero.

Goaltender Goalkeeper Patricio Gonzalez recorded five saves.

Videsh Samlal and Felipe Sierra scored for the Spartans.

Hallandale will will travel to South Dade for Tuesday's 6 p.m. final.

South Dade 2, Nova 1: Jason Cujo the lone goal for the Titans early in the second half. South Dade captialized on its final shot in the shootout to seal the win.

District 16-4A

The Cardinal Gibbons and Northeast game was postponed because referees failed to show for the 1 p.m. start. The game has been reschedule for 10 a.m. today at Cardinal Gibbons.

District 16-4A

Westminster Academy 4, Pine Crest 2: Joey Capparelli, Anthony Capparelli, Kevin Lottermann, and Tucker O'Keefe all scored a goal to lead the Lions (16-8-3) to their first district title in five years.

With the game tied 2-2, Capparelli scored the go-ahead goal with 15 minutes remaining.